Thursday, April 30, 2009

Before the month ends, I wanted to give you one more scrumptious serving of Simon Nessman.

Then I discovered that Auntie Vera posted some photographs I hadn't seen back in February. It's sadly very typical for me to "discover" a guy two months after everyone else, but then people don't love me for my speed.

If you like Simon, without or without red leather accessories, check them out.

Nothing. I checked my email everyday, but I never got anything from someone trying to name all these guys.So I'll just give you the names.

#1 is my Man of the Month, Simon Nessman. As Kenneth pointed out, the new masthead rather gives that away.

#2 is Maxwell Zagorski, and #4 is Chase Crawford. They are the only ones of the seven who have never been Man of the Month. The others are #3 Kevin Gould, #5 Chad White, #6 Chris Austad, and #7 is, of course, the lovely and talented Jensen Ackles.

Not to turn a conspiracy-nuttist on you, but many of us noticed that during the presidency of Bush the Lesser every time there was a big news story that was damning to the administration, the six corporations that control most of the news suddenly all began talking about something else. (I'll collect a list of examples and get back to you.)

And it's happened again. After last Thursday's release of memos about the torture of prisoners and the violation of international law (including a treaty practically written by Ronald Reagan himself), more people have begun calling for a real investigation into these matters.

And now that "farm flu" (swine plus other animals) is spreading quickly, the news media can't talk about anything else.

I'm not saying the illness isn't a real threat, and I'm definitely not saying that the flu originated in some secret lab in Cheney's bunker. But I am saying that the heads of the five families... uh, corporations are exploiting this disease to scare people into becoming profit-making news junkies and conveniently distract people from embarrassing certain pro-business politicos who don't want allegations of torture to be investigated.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

COMMENTS:Vera said...This is so bizarre. Last night I saw the Pet Shop Boys' video for New York City Boy at Queer The Pitch and decided that I was going to post Domino Dancing on my blog. In fact I was planning on doing it right away, but I got sidetracked and decided to do it today. But then you beat me to it.

Anyway, I love this video. There was also a video of an extended dance remix of Domino Dancing that told the same story with the same actor (or should I say, models) but using completely different footage. I saw it one time, never saw it again, and have been looking for it ever since.

I love it when these weird coincidences happen.Not the usual kind, when new pictures of some model appearand every other blog posts them the same day,but when two people have some really random idea at the same time.

That's probably because you're not a mean school boywho grew up speaking American English,where calling someone "feeble" or "feeb" is an insult.But thanks for this and all your other comments.You're by far my most regular commenter..

Just a little housework and some glommingon the soccer-playing ponyboys next door.

This weekend they were actually old enough that I could watch them without feeling like John Wayne Gacy without the makeup.

While we're on the subject of pedorasts, am I right to be a bit suspicious of a grown man who makes his living photographing young cute guys and then sells those photographs online to whomever wants them?

The photos themselves are pretty innocent, and I can understand selling them to the boys themselves or their families. But for a complete stranger to want a photograph of someone else's 14-year-old son seems rather creepy, and making money by selling those photographs seems decidedly odd.

A guy who's like a pony: strong and healthy,but too young to ride just yet. The stretched-'til-he's-out-of-focus ponyboy abovefrom Controlling the Transmissions.

A cause de Garcons deserves a visit. On Wednesday, it reminded me of the existence of Christopher Leabu, still one of the most perfect faces I've ever seen. And that same day it showed me again just how pretty a boy Mitch Hewer is.

Earlier in April, the aptly named Just Beautiful Men introduced me to to Nicholas C. who has one of the most beautiful faces I've seen in a long time.

And at Le Gay Blog, I clicked on something to see the A&F commercial featuring college wrestling but right below it I saw a five-minute gay porn video that will probably never become the Scion commercial it was probably intended to be.

Thursday, April 16, 2009

1977: The British newspaper The Guardian published a special seven-page supplement devoted to San Serriffe, a small republic said to consist of several semi-colon-shaped islands located in the Indian Ocean. A series of articles affectionately described the geography and culture of this obscure nation. Its two main islands were named Upper Caisse and Lower Caisse. Its capital was Bodoni, and its leader was General Pica.

The Guardian's phones rang all day as readers sought more information about the idyllic holiday spot. Only a few noticed that everything about the island was named after printer's terminology. The success of this hoax is widely credited with launching the enthusiasm for April Foolery that gripped the British tabloids in subsequent decades.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

I guess the magic has worn off: I don't know why I wasgetting thousands of hits in a day, but now I'm backto getting just a couple hundred.

I'll survive, of course. I can remember when getting 200 hits a day seemed like some impossible dream.

And I still think I'd rather have 10 hits a day if all ten of those people left comments.

Views as of now: 86,661

COMMENTSVera said...I'm reminded of the song from the musical {title of show]: "I'd Rather Be Nine People's Favorite Thing Than A Hundred People's Favorite Thing." Well, keep in mind, honey, that your Auntie Vera will always love you.

Thanks for that. I don't want to seem needy,but it's nice to hear things like that.Mr. Rogers was right.

Kenneth Johnson aka Sebastien Penn said...suggestion?paste your pictures directly from your computer onto the post...that way, with blogger's new blogroll format, people will likely click on the link if they see a picture of a hot guy...but the picture only shows up if you do that

Monday, April 13, 2009

English, what German I remember from what my mother tried to teach me, some Spanish, and remnants of high school French.

I do not, however, understand Turkish, or elseI would know more about this guy I found: Gokhan Keser.The only thing I've found in English about him said simply"He is a Turkish god." If anyone knows more, I'd like to hear it.

Friday, April 10, 2009

Question #19:Can that counter be right? Did I really jump from about 400 hits per day to 4,000?!

Some time ago, I promised to look for some old photosof Chace Crawford, modeling shots he'd done beforegraduating high school. But those were lost whenmy external hard drive dove from the table to the floor.But I did find this one, so here it is as a surprise.

Personally, I prefer young Chace on the left there. He has the same mouth and eyes (and those eyebrows...) but his nose seems different, and his hair makes his face look longer. All in all, I think he looked better before he did whatever.